<!--This file created 10:21 AM  11/13/96 by Claris Home Page version 1.0-->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
   <TITLE>THE TUTORIAL CITY LANDING EXERCISE</TITLE>
   <META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Claris Home Page 1.0">
   <X-SAS-WINDOW TOP=35 BOTTOM=427 LEFT=4 RIGHT=534>
   <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SQ//DTD HTML 2.0 + all extensions//EN" "hmpro3.dtd"> 
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" VLINK="#808080">

<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="Toc.htm">Table of
Contents</A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="index.htm">Index</A></FONT>


<BLOCKQUOTE><H3>GET DOWN! THE TUTORIAL CITY LANDING EXERCISE</H3>

<H3><A NAME="top"></A>Landing on the ground</H3>

<P>It's not the fall that gets you, it's the sudden stop. Sure it's
an old joke, but it's still true. You'll need to land in a tight
space lots of times, so practice now. The SimCopter Tutorial City
Landing Practice area along the eastern edge of the city has a
variety of target sizes surrounded by roads and buildings. The
exercise is simple-choose a flat empty area and land in it. Watch out
for any trees.

<P><IMG SRC="gifs/34.GIF" WIDTH=397 HEIGHT=246 X-SAS-UseImageWidth
X-SAS-UseImageHeight ALIGN=middle><B>Tutorial City Landing Area</B>

<P>Here are the basic steps for efficient, safe landing:

<P><B>Approach the area you want to land using the Third Person
View.</B>

<P><B>Change to the Overhead View as you pass over your target.</B>

<P><B>Stop your forward motion and turn a few times with your right
or left arrow key to reduce forward momentum.</B>

<P><B>Use your cross-hairs to "spot" your target area as you
descend</B>.

<P><B>"Slide" left with the A key or right with the S key to correct
as necessary</B>.

<P><B>Change views frequently to see how you're doing.</B>

<P><B>Descend slowly until you touch down.</B>

<P>You can't land "all at once." You must descend little by little,
or you'll hit the ground and take damage.

<P>You'll land where the cross-hairs are aimed.

<P><I>HINT: There's plenty of room to land in parks and other large
flat areas. Trees will interfere with you, and landing on a hillside
almost assures damage.</I>

<H3><A NAME="roof"></A>Landing on a roof</H3>

<P>Missions often begin by getting a medic from a hospital roof, or a
cop from a police roof, and end by taking injured Sims to a hospital
roof. To land on a roof, you must score a bull's-eye when seconds
count.

<P>Near the Landing Practice Area are more emergency service
buildings than you can shake a stick at. Use these buildings to
practice touch and go landing. Fly from one roof to another. Sound
easy?

<P><I>Note: Whenever you land on a hospital or a police roof, a medic
or cop will approach your copter and become a passenger, unless you
already have one. If you don't want a medic or a cop, take off before
he or she gets into your copter.</I>

<P><B>At some point during this exercise, when you land on a roof,
leave your helicopter and walk to the edge.</B>

<P><IMG SRC="gifs/35.GIF" WIDTH=491 HEIGHT=354 X-SAS-UseImageWidth
X-SAS-UseImageHeight ALIGN=bottom>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="14tut.htm">NEXT</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
